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Gene information for POU5F1 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID5460
Official gene symbolPOU5F1
Full namePOU class 5 homeobox 1
Aliases,MGC22487,OCT3,OCT4,OTF-3,OTF3,OTF4,Oct-3,Oct-4,
Gene summaryThis gene encodes a transcription factor containing a POU homeodomain. This transcription factor plays a role in embryonic development, especially during early embryogenesis, and it is necessary for embryonic stem cell pluripotency. A translocation of this gene with the Ewing's sarcoma gene, t(6;22)(p21;q12), has been linked to tumor formation. Alternative splicing, as well as usage of alternative translation initiation codons, results in multiple isoforms, one of which initiates at a non-AUG (CUG) start codon. Related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes 1, 3, 8, 10, and 12. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 6   Locus: 6p21.31
Gene position31138451 - 31132114  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size6338 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID164177